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For many years, the coverage of grammar and usage in The Broadview Guide to Writing has received particular praise. Now, for the first time, that material is made available in a stand-alone volume. Readable, reliable, and comprehensive, The Broadview Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation is appropriate for students at all post-secondary levels. The book is divided into four sections. The Grammar section provides unrivalled coverage of complete and incomplete sentences, dangling constructions, and other subjects that give many writers special difficulty. The Usage section offers sensible and up-to-date advice on hundreds of points that frequently cause confusion. The Punctuation section provides a wealth of helpful guidance on all aspects of punctuation, with particular attention paid to such vexed questions as when to use the colon and the semi-colon, and (when using quotation marks) how to properly integrate quotations into one’s own text. A final section, English as an Additional Language, gives a wide range of helpful advice on special issues that may arise for those whose native language is not English. A companion website provides hundreds of exercises on every topic covered in the book itself. Many of these are interactive; on completing an exercise, students are told how they did - and explanations are provided as to why the right answers are right and the wrong answers are wrong.

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"Comments on The Broadview Guide to Writing""Even the most useful reference guides are not always, well, shall we say, riveting. A refreshing exception is The Broadview Guide to Writing, which is smart, helpful, and even fun to read."" - Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, authors of They Say / I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing ""The Broadview Guide to Writing is not only informative and impressive; it is smart - smartly written and smartly designed."" - Dennis Paoli, Co-coordinator, Writing Across the Curriculum, Hunter College, CUNY ""The Broadview Guide remains the most readable writing guide available - at any price. Moreover, it’s sensible, and it’s complete. The authors assume nothing, but they don’t condescend."" - Jacky Bolding, University of the Fraser Valley ""[The] reference sections on grammar and usage - cover everything I would ever point out in student writing. - Throughout, the examples are very good; things are specific and well explained. I like the general emphasis on clarity as a criterion for ""correctness. Overall, the spirit of The Broadview Guide is very appealing: writing as a challenging but creative activity; it need not be mysterious; it can be broken down into parts and understood in steps."" - Bruce Greenfield, Dalhousie University ""In a market replete with writing guides, this practical book stands out. - The [Broadview] Guide - re-energizes this pedagogical field by providing clear and concise explanations supported by examples."" - Anne Quéma, Acadia University ""There’s so much to like here: the sense of proportion, the sensible layout, the precision of the usage notes, the sound stylistic advice, and the examples. - The text is clearly informed by the best traditions of composition and rhetoric, but comes across in a disarming fashion with a common sense approach. - Long after the course is over, students will want to keep this book as a manual of style and usage."" - Thomas L. Martin, Department of English, Florida Atlantic University ""I use The Broadview Guide to Writing with my students and I plan to continue using it; it's very good - clear without being condescending. And one more thing - my students can actually afford to buy it."" - Jonathan Sadow, State University of New York at Oneonta"

"Comments on The Broadview Guide to Writing ""Even the most useful reference guides are not always, well, shall we say, riveting. A refreshing exception is The Broadview Guide to Writing, which is smart, helpful, and even fun to read."" -- Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, authors of They Say / I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing ""The Broadview Guide to Writing is not only informative and impressive; it is smart--smartly written and smartly designed."" -- Dennis Paoli, Co-coordinator, Writing Across the Curriculum, Hunter College, CUNY ""The Broadview Guide remains the most readable writing guide available--at any price. Moreover, it's sensible, and it's complete. The authors assume nothing, but they don't condescend."" -- Jacky Bolding, University of the Fraser Valley ""[The] reference sections on grammar and usage ... cover everything I would ever point out in student writing.... Throughout, the examples are very good; things are specific and well explained. I like the general emphasis on clarity as a criterion for ""correctness. Overall, the spirit of The Broadview Guide is very appealing: writing as a challenging but creative activity; it need not be mysterious; it can be broken down into parts and understood in steps."" -- Bruce Greenfield, Dalhousie University ""In a market replete with writing guides, this practical book stands out.... The [Broadview] Guide ... re-energizes this pedagogical field by providing clear and concise explanations supported by examples."" -- Anne Quéma, Acadia University ""There's so much to like here: the sense of proportion, the sensible layout, the precision of the usage notes, the sound stylistic advice, and the examples. ... The text is clearly informed by the best traditions of composition and rhetoric, but comes across in a disarming fashion with a common sense approach. ... Long after the course is over, students will want to keep this book as a manual of style and usage."" -- Thomas L. Martin, Department of English, Florida Atlantic University ""I use The Broadview Guide to Writing with my students and I plan to continue using it; it's very good--clear without being condescending. And one more thing--my students can actually afford to buy it."" -- Jonathan Sadow, State University of New York at Oneonta"

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Corey Frost, formerly Coordinator of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program at Brooklyn College, is now a professor in the English Department at New Jersey City University. Karen Weingarten is a professor in the Department of English at Queens College, City University of New York; a former co-Coordinator of the Introductory English program, she is also the author of Abortion in the American Imagination. Doug Babington, an Emeritus Professor in the English Department at Queen’s University, was for many years Director of the Writing Centre there. Don LePan’s other books include The Broadview Pocket Glossary of Literary Terms, How to Be Good With Words, and two novels, Animals and Rising Stories. Maureen Okun is a professor in both the English and the Liberal Studies Departments at Vancouver Island University; her books include Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte Darthur: Selections and The Broadview Pocket Guide to Citation and Documentation.

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